Heavy and persistent rains lashed several parts of Sri Lanka yesterday, triggering flooding, transport disruptions, flight diversions and multiple disaster...
Twenty-one alleged underworld operatives, deported from Dubai, were taken into custody by the CID, upon their arrival at the Mattala...
A discussion with the Catholic Council was held on Thursday (21) afternoon at the Presidential Secretariat under the co-chairmanship of...
Italian Navy’s ITS GIOVANNI DELLE BANDE NERE, which arrived in Colombo (21 May 2026) on a replenishment visit, departed the...
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara...
Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data...
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22). By...
A significant rainfall of nearly 300 mm has been recorded in the upper catchment areas of the Kelani River Basin....
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Gampaha, Kalutara and Ratnapura valid...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 22 MAY 2026 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 22 May 2026 by the Department of Meteorology The...
A French appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in 2009 Rio de Janeiro – Paris...
Israel has deported hundreds of foreign activists abducted by Israeli forces who stormed a Gaza aid flotilla earlier this week,...
by Sanjeewa Jayaweera It is precisely half a century ago that our family arrived in Moscow, the capital of the then Soviet Union (USSR). Since the...
Asked by a journalist about a death in a government hospital many decades ago, the then Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health laconically replied: “People...
Can you spread COVID-19 after vaccination? Here’s what we know by Kate Baggaley December 28, 2020 On December 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted...
Enjoy ginger, but it’s not a ‘cure’ for COVID-19, says WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while natural remedies such as ginger can...
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), the cultural arm of the High Commission of India, organized an online Dhamma Discourse on ‘Serivanija Jataka’ on Unduvap Full Moon...
by Norman Palihawadana The CID and intelligence sleuths have been detailed to probe the activities of Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) officers after it came to light...
by Randima Attygalle A motif of prosperity, new beginnings and goodwill, the betel leaf interlaces the multi-cultural Sri Lankan society. Bulath in Sinhalese and Vettilai in...
Sri Lanka’s Ambassador-designate to the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Palitha Kohona, formally assumed duties last week in Beijing. Prior to the assuming duties by Dr....
The Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka: by Prabhath de Silva “We are a vanishing tribe in Sri Lanka. The first paternal ancestor of my father’s family...
by Ifham Nizam A Sri Lankan leopard, scientifically known as Panthera pardus kotiya, killed a farmer and injured another villager on Wednesday night at Panama in...
Dr. Yohan Heenatigala On 29 July 1987, Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene which stated the devolution of powers to the provinces. Hence on 14 November...
published by S. Godage & Bros, 661 P de S Kularatne Mawata, Colombo 10 Reviewed by Goolbai Gunasekera Given his highly educated and widely travelled background...
